The Afghan Presidential runoff has been set for November 7, and while the uncertainty over the Afghan government has certainly been the recent excuse for President Obama’s lack of public candor about his decision about the escalation in the nation, it doesn’t seem like the date is going to push him into being more open about his intentions with regards to the war.
In fact the White House is being as vague as ever, with spokesman Robert Gibbs saying that it was “certainly possible” the administration would announce its decision at some point before November 7.
Gen. Stanley McChrystal has been pressing for an ever increasing number of additional troops on top of the current 68,000 man commitment. At present, Gen. McChrystal is seeking an additional 80,000 troops, and says that 40,000 is the “absolute minimum.”
But despite growing pressure from within the administration and from NATO, President Obama seems to be in no hurry to make his decision public. He announced over a month ago that the decision “can wait,” but at this point what seems to be an almost certain announcement of a massive and unpopular escalation see
A story: neighbor A lives across the street from neighbor B. Neighbor B has a vicious dog that is not properly leashed and is allowed to roam freely. In a short time, neighbor B's dog attacks and bights neighbor A. At this point, neighbor A is justified in killing neighbor B's dog. After the attack, neighbor B’s dog runs off with neighbor A in hot pursuit. Neighbor A then does his damnedest to kill neighbor B’s dog. However, neighbor A is not satisfied that. He then loads up his AK47 assault rifle, walks across the street, invades neighbor B's home and guns neighbor B down in cold blood. Neighbor A is then arrested, given a fair and impartial trial, and is rightly convicted of the crime of murder by a jury of his peers. Substitute the United States for neighbor A, substitute Afghanistan for neighbor B and substitute Al-Qaeda for the dog. You now have a fair and accurate picture of what is taking place in Afghanistan. It is simply murder on a vast scale. Anyone who supports the war in Afghanistan should consider themselves to be an accomplice to the murder of an entire nation.